Administrative Assistant salary in Michigan City-La Porte, IN

Pay in Michigan City-La Porte against Indiana and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $57,390, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Michigan City-La Porte earns $35,900–$47,710. The mean ($43,350) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $11,810 wide, against $13,190 across Indiana and $19,170 nationally: employers in Michigan City-La Porte pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $3,610 over it, while the 25th sits $8,200 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $4,658 more a year with benefits. These percentiles describe what people in the job earn locally, not experience levels, so place your offer by the tasks and seniority you need.

For scale, the US median of $47,540 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in Michigan City-La Porte, and the Indiana statewide median of $44,270 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Michigan City-La Porte

At the $44,100 median, a local hire costs about $56,903 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,803 here. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

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Other roles in Michigan City-La Porte

Of the 15 roles we track in Michigan City-La Porte, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($46,650) and e-commerce order specialists ($43,260). Project Coordinator is the highest at $89,790.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #4 of the 15 roles we track in Michigan City-La Porte (-7.2%), between customer support specialists (-6.5%) and bookkeepers (-7.9%). The typical role here is at -12.2%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Michigan City-La Porte than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 10.4% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Michigan City-La Porte, 7.6% across Indiana and 10.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $38,080 in the Southern Indiana nonmetro area to $47,270 in Lafayette-West Lafayette, a gap of $9,190 a year. Of the 12 areas in Indiana with more administrative assistants than Michigan City-La Porte, 8 pay less, the largest of them the Northern Indiana nonmetro area ($39,280), the Southern Indiana nonmetro area ($38,080) and the Central Indiana nonmetro area ($38,150).

Michigan City-La Porte against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Michigan City-La Porte is #511 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Indiana, Blacksburg-Christiansburg and Wildwood-The Villages pay just above Michigan City-La Porte and Battle Creek and Pocatello just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Michigan City-La Porte. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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